At 14:48 +0100 on 25/05/02, Phil Beesley wrote: >On Friday, May 24, 2002, at 08:31 pm, (Vintage Macs) wrote: > >> Motorola made a variety of 030 CPU without an MMU >> built in. Without the MMU the Mac can't support >> virtual memory. The card won't activate without >> the Allegro extention. (Just like the DayStar 030 >> cards don't work without their control panel.) >> > >Presumably Sonnet were saving themselves a few dollars on the assumption >that the LC is limited to 10Mb RAM by design so an MMU would be >superfluous?
Or they figured out a way to utilise whatever MMU might be present on the original board - no need to have two if you can make the accelerator use the one that's already there. the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> Software Archive <ftp://download:[EMAIL PROTECTED]//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/> <http://www.members.jmug.org/%7Ethepickl/archive/> _________________________________________________________________ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
